Report: Israel in Clandestine Talks With Congo

Israel is said to have held secret talks with Congo about the potential absorption of people from the Gaza Strip, the Times of Yisrael reported on Wednesday.

“Congo will be willing to take in migrants, and we’re in talks with others,” a senior source in the Security Cabinet told Shalom Yerushalmi, the political analyst for Zman Yisrael.

During Tuesday’s Knesset session, Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel emphasized that by the end of the war, “Hamas’s rule will collapse, there will be no municipal authorities, and the civilian population will be entirely dependent on humanitarian aid. There will be no work, and 60% of Gaza’s agricultural land will become security buffer zones.”

Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department previously criticized calls by Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich and Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir advocating for the potential resettlement of Palestinians, slamming such statements as “inflammatory” and “irresponsible.”